La Crosse anchor called obese appears on 'Today,' 'CBS Morning News'

After La Crosse anchor reporter Jennifer Livingston, who hosts the morning news on WKBT-TV (Channel 8), received an email from a man who attacked her for being obese and a bad role model, she told viewers that "his words mean nothing to me." »Read Full Blog Post

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See, you are assuming that she has health problems. I am overweight, low blood pressure, low cholesterol, healthy in every way. I eat healthy, exercize daily get enough rest, don't take any meds. I have thin friends whose health is much worse than mine.

Unfortunately, anchors don't provide the news, they simply read off the teleprompter. Their job is simply to look good and read the teleprompter accurately. It's the writers, reporters, and editors that provide the news, not the anchors.

This isn't about bullying. It's really about retaliation or 1-uping this guy using her position and masking it as bullying. We all face rudeness or get wronged for no reason. It seems instead of providing a reply back privately she wanted to get this guy. A real problem in society as you see it to the extreme on the news everyday.

It is pretty easy to Bully someone online. I see it on here all the time. Wonder if people would be as cruel in person? Anyway, I think, GOOD FOR HER! Bullies raise bullies, so parents, look at yourselves if you are looking for blame!

First of all, if you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen. You are on TV for all people to gaze at - some will admire, some will scorn - get used to it.

Second, this is not bullying. He stated an opinion to her and did not call her any slurs or threaten her in any way.

Last, there is an obesity epidemic in the US right now and am really getting tired of all the whining that fat people like to use. Don't like the way people look or talk about you? Make time and to exercise and eat healthy like the rest of the world does.

Like the rest of the world does????? The average woman in the US is a size 14. Don't even want to talk about the average male with his huge beer gut. jotunheim, I notice you don't post a pic of yourself, maybe it's because you couldn't pass the "pretty" test either.

The letter the guy sent was in no way, shape, or form bullying. If it is, then the First Lady has been bullying us for years with her campaign to reduce obesity. Will the anchor go on air to denounce Michelle Obama's campaign against obesity?

Well, first I'm a man, so I can't have children, granny. I wear 31 x 32 pants, 5'10", 170 lbs and lift weights and run at least 5 days a week.

And just because someone had kids doesn't mean they all of a sudden turn into a fatty. Granted, some people use it as an excuse to give up and let themselves go, but there are plenty of people at the gym with me who have had multiple kids and are healthy and in amazing shape.

No one said the lady is not overweight. But, she already knew that. The spirit of the letter is what is bullying. Let's change the scenario. Suppose a letter came in informing her that she was gay and therefore should not be on tv; or that she needed plastic surgery, or that she was too old and only young pretty people should be on tv. If Michelle Obama wrote her a note and told her to lose weight, that would be bullying, (Again, how did politics get involved?)

Her message is on target and heartwarming, but to say that this particular e-mail was bullying is to misuse and stretch the word to the point at which it has no meaning. The e-mail may have been ignorant, crass, and judgmental, but it was certainly not bullying. She was not threatened, cursed at, or ridiculed. Kudos to her parlaying this into an important message, even if she is overreacting to this particular message. The worst you could say is that she was being passive aggressively being put down by the writer. It seems she is unfairly dumping years of pent up frustration on the one person who just happened to put her past her breaking point. That being said, I'd hit that no problem. Or was I just being sexist?

You don't get it! Anything said or done to humiliate, harm or ridicule (which this was) is a form of bullying. People have the erroneous idea that bullying only involves physical threats. Wrong! There is a very old saying that applies here. "Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can break my heart." She will overcome this, but how many little kids went to school this morning knowing that at least one other student (and sometimes even an adult) would use the word that would stab them in the heart without leaving any outward scars. This "helpful" citizen who was just offerring heartfelt advise and I'm sure only concerned about her health probably ridicules overweight people all the time. I hope he/she doesn't have kids, because they will repeat this to other kids and the cycle continues. Spoken humiliation can follow a person their entire life. Maybe it's true that she is dumping years of pent-up frustration on the one person who "just happened" to put her past her breaking point, but if so that only proves that this is not the first time she has been reminded that she doesn't fit societies version of a perfect human being. She is an adult imagine how a child feels under the same circumstances. Also, what are you trying to say in your last 2 sentences? "That being said, I'd hit that no problem. Or was I just being sexist?" ?????

Anyone named Kenneth Krause - Please have your attorney send a subpeona to the Journal demanding the identity of CrewChief. Thats what a friend of mine did when someone sent an email to a prospective employer saying he was a thief (not true). He found out who sent the email and was awarded a nice settlement.

By all means do so. Are you honestly saying that his identity should be shielded? You must be because there is no legal basis for other individuals that might happen to be named "Kenneth Krause" to sue. I' saw a piece on someone named Scott Walker awhile back which focused on him having the same name as OUR governor. Do you think he is suing anyone or has any legal basis for doing so? NO

What a lovely message to all people and children to respect their image. However, what is this reporter's agenda? Yes, the letter (although not "bullying", which in my opinion is used too loosely) was out of line. But out of all the "fan mail" she may get, why did she single this one out? Does she respond to every letter she gets in this fashion? You're on television and some will like you, others will not. Why didn't she truly shrug this letter off and move on instead of broadcasting it? We parents already teach our children to love ourselves. Is she really reinforcing this or is she trying to convince herself?

Crewchief - what down side would there be to releasing this letter for her. I am sure she and her husband discussed that. As I see this is a boon to her career. Think she would have been invited on CBS and the Today show for her great reading of the news??

Crewchief - okay, then why doesn't she read aloud ALL of the letters that she may get, good or bad? My point is that there's always gonna be somebody who doesn't like the way you look, dress, act, etc. You should just ignore it instead of putting that person on blast. Even though her husband did put it on Facebook. Sorry, but I don't think her mission here is genuine and she's just using this to make herself famous or to make herself feel better. And I would tell her that as well but I don't feel "bullied" by her.

Btw, the person who wrote this email was KENNETH KRAUSE. I noticed the writer of this particular article didn't mention his name, but I think it should be widely reported. If someone is going to make such a comment, I see no reason to shield his identity, if that is what Duane Dudek was indeed doing.

I happened to catch Hoda & Kathie Lee this AM and they lead off with this story. Their sentiments towards KENNETH KRAUSE were not held back. They repeatedly mentioned his name so there will be no shielding his identity. While I don't want the guy unfairly harassed, he should be held accountable for his words. His passive-aggressive tone was troubling and quite obvious.

Uh this is the same (or one of the same) networks who said that the guy who shot people in the theater in colorado was a member of the tea party. It turned out the tea party person was someone completely different but had the exact same name. So dont lecture me on how liberal leaning networks do fact checking. I think you have a personality disorder and should seek professional help.